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Property Grid as Dockable Pane? : The GUI_Whidbey led me to the...

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:24:32 +0000

Author: eric_hill
Subject: 5511
Posted: 14 November 2006 at 9:24am

The GUI_Whidbey led me to the correct answer. After a grid.Create(...) call, you have to do grid.SetOwner(...), otherwise the grid will never paint.

Thanks.

Property Grid as Dockable Pane? : You don't need CXTPOfficeBorder...

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:37:58 +0000

Author: Oleg
Subject: 5511
Posted: 14 November 2006 at 12:37am

You don't need CXTPOfficeBorder class. Just CXTPPropertyGrid m_wndProperties.

See GUI_Whidbey sample it has Property Grid as pane.

Property Grid as Dockable Pane? : What is the right way to create...

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:43:26 +0000

Author: eric_hill
Subject: 5511
Posted: 13 November 2006 at 4:43pm

What is the right way to create a property grid as a dockable pane? I tried modifying the MFC ToolkitPro template such that the declaration of the pane was:

CXTPOfficeBorder m_wndProperties;

The window did indeed show up as a property grid (I could see the help section below), but no matter what I do in the OnCreate routine, I can't get any items added to the grid. Here's what I'm trying to do:

int CMainFrame::OnCreate(LPCREATESTRUCT lpCreateStruct) {
    // ...
    CXTPPropertyGridItem* pCategory = m_wndProperties.AddCategory(_T("Example Category"));
    CXTPPropertyGridItem* pItem = pCategory->AddChildItem(new CXTPPropertyGridItemNumber("Example Number"));
// ...
}

This code compiles and runs just fine, but the property grid stays blank instead of showing the added item.

Any hints?